Essay Contest Winner Honored

New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill and children’s author Lisa Funari Willever congratulate Alexi Garcia, a fifth grader at A.C. Redshaw Elementary School in New Brunswick on being the Grand Prize Winner in the Nicky Fifth Says writing contest. Alexi wrote about New Brunswick and that it should be featured in the next Nicky Fifth Says book. New Brunswick is now featured in the Nicky Fifth book, VOTE FOR T-BONE.

The awards ceremony took place at the Barnes & Noble Rutgers Bookstore on Sunday, April 14. Alexi received a trophy, a Barnes& Noble gift card and a video camera.

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Use Bins, Not Bags!

When disposing of recyclables, New Brunswick residents must use bins instead of bags. But why?

The City of New Brunswick does not allow for pickup of recyclable items in bags. The disposal of recyclables in bins is better for the environment and for the sanitation workers tasked with picking them up.